March 14, 2018
The course featured nine speakers and provided hands-on training. Dr. Ken Cohen, the Sterling A. Barrett Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology at Kittner Eye Center, organized the annual course.
March 12, 2018
Dr. Budenz’s lecture, delivered to an international audience of more than 1,500 AGS members, was entitled Glaucoma at the Center of the Earth. His lecture included results of his landmark study of the prevalence and incidence of glaucoma in West Africa.
December 11, 2017
Call now for an appointment at the Thursday, April 19, 2018 Aesthetic Improvement Clinic at Kittner Eye Center. Receive 25% off BOTOX® , fillers, IPL, Pelleve Skin Tightening, and Epionce Skin Products with Board-Certified Ophthalmic Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons.
November 28, 2017
October 19, 2017
EyeMed became the new Vision plan vendor for NCFlex effective 1/1/2018. UNC Eye has completed the contracting process with EyeMed and we look forward to again providing routine vision services to the employees of the state of North Carolina.
May 19, 2017
Seema Garg, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Ophthalmology, is the lead author on two companion articles, as well as an author podcast published in JAMA Ophthalmology. Garg, a retina specialist with a particular interest in diabetic retinopathy, has been spearheading efforts since 2009 to implement and study telemedicine programs to improve early detection of diabetic retinopathy.
May 12, 2017
Rajendra Mitra (Zongchao Han lab) published an article titled “Glycol Chitosan Engineered Auto-Regenerative Antioxidant Significantly Attenuates Pathological Damages in Models of Age-Related Macular Degeneration.” in ACS Nano (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28463509). This recently accepted manuscript shows for the first time that an engineered water soluble, biocompatible, trackable nanoceria with enriched antioxidant activity to scavenge intracellular reactive oxygen species …
May 12, 2017
Jonathon Dutton, MD, PhD, of the UNC Department of Ophthalmology will be honored with the 2017 Dortzbach Teaching Award by the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery.
September 8, 2015
UNC Eye Cataract specialist delivers two lectures at Visiting Professor Rounds in New York City.
July 29, 2015
UNC Eye is now offering a new custom-tailored solution for effective and predictable cataract removal.
May 21, 2015
UNC Eye Chair recognized with Dr. Henry A. Sutro Family Grant for Research.
April 22, 2015
UNC Eye faculty member O'Rese Knight, MD was recognized by the American Glaucoma Society (AGS) with their Young Clinician Scientist Award.
